Table 4.
Adjusted multivariate analysis for perceived usefulness and ease of use of telemedicine.
| Variables | Telemedicine improved access to clinical care | Telemedicine saved time and travel costs | Telemedicine addressed patients’ health care needs | Telemedicine eased expression of medical concerns | |||||||||||||
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ORa (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |||||||||
| Health care system (hospital vs clinic) |
1.20 (0.80-1.81) |
.37 | 1.01 (0.63-1.64) |
.94 | 1.05 (0.71-1.56) |
.80 | 1.03 (0.67-1.56) |
.91 | |||||||||
| Modality (video call vs audio call) |
3.06 (1.17-8.03) |
.02 | 4.94 (1.15-21.19) |
.03 | 2.63 (1.13-6.11) |
.03 | 2.19 (0.89-5.38) |
.09 | |||||||||
| Sex (female vs male) |
0.88 (0.58-1.33) |
.54 | 1.31 (0.81-2.12) |
.27 | 1.21 (0.80-1.82) |
.36 | 1.06 (0.69-1.63) |
.79 | |||||||||
| Age range (years) | |||||||||||||||||
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≤39 vs ≥60 | 1.48 (0.78-2.84) |
.23 | 1.82 (0.87-3.82) |
.11 | 1.32 (0.68-2.56) |
.42 | 0.88 (0.42-1.83) |
.73 | ||||||||
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40-59 vs ≥60 | 1.95 (1.02-3.71) |
.04 | 3.03 (1.12-6.46) |
.004 | 1.30 (0.68-2.50) |
.43 | 1.14 (0.55-2.37) |
.73 | ||||||||
| Education level | |||||||||||||||||
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College degree vs high school diploma | 0.78 (0.50-1.21) |
.27 | 0.79 (0.48-1.32) |
.37 | 0.75 (0.49-1.16) |
.20 | 0.76 (0.48-1.20) |
.24 | ||||||||
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PhD degree vs high school diploma | 0.99 (0.52-1.90) |
.99 | 2.06 (0.88-4.84) |
.10 | 1.07 (0.58-1.98) |
.82 | 0.96 (0.50-1.85) |
.90 | ||||||||
| Marital status | |||||||||||||||||
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Married vs single | 0.87 (0.50-1.50) |
.62 | 1.21 (0.66-2.20) |
.54 | 1.07 (0.63-1.80) |
.80 | 0.95 (0.55-1.66) |
.87 | ||||||||
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Others vs single | 1.08 (0.46-2.56) |
.85 | 1.22 (0.46-3.28) |
.69 | 1.09 (0.47-2.56) |
.83 | 1.09 (0.43-2.75) |
.85 | ||||||||
| Past experience with telemedicine (used vs never used) |
0.93 (0.63-1.38) |
.72 | 0.99 (0.63-1.59) |
>.99 | 1.17 (0.79-1.71) |
.44 | 0.77 (0.52-1.16) |
.22 | |||||||||
| Employment status (employed vs unemployed) |
1.22 (0.76-1.94) |
.41 | 0.75 (0.43-1.33) |
.33 | 0.93 (0.59-1.49) |
.78 | 0.88 (0.53-1.45) |
.67 | |||||||||
| Distance to health center (>30 min vs <30 min) |
1.05 (0.65-1.68) |
.85 | 0.89 (0.52-1.52) |
.66 | 0.95 (0.60-1.49) |
.82 | 0.85 (0.53-1.36) |
.49 | |||||||||
aOR: odds ratio.